Human Rights Law & Civil Liberties

This book focuses on the impact of the extraordinary counter-terrorism laws outside the immediacy of the counter-terrorism context. The book draws together practitioners and academics in the areas of public and criminal law to consider the wider effects counter-terrorism law is having on public inst..

This book brings a legal and academic perspective to the theory and practice surrounding the right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time. The work provides a blueprint for analysing the effectiveness of legal remedies across entire legal systems, as well as in any given individual case. The fir..

This volume examines the role of courts as a channel for social transformation for excluded sectors of society in contemporary democracies, with a focus on social rights litigation in post-authoritarian regimes or contexts of fragile state presence...

This volume examines the role of courts as a channel for social transformation for excluded sectors of society in contemporary democracies, with a focus on social rights litigation in post-authoritarian regimes or contexts of fragile state presence...

_x005F_x000D_ This cutting edge book looks initially at the theoretical and legal side of criminal-state and criminal-soldier emergence and growth, before focusing on criminal-states and criminal-soldiers themselves...

_x000D_ This cutting edge book looks initially at the theoretical and legal side of criminal-state and criminal-soldier emergence and growth, before focusing on criminal-states and criminal-soldiers themselves...

Contemporary social life in the Horn region is generally a state-orchestrated experience that terrorizes the majority of the people. The essays in this collection examine the social experience of this terror, which is often manifested in the violation of human rights, democracy, justice and freedom..

Contemporary social life in the Horn region is generally a state-orchestrated experience that terrorizes the majority of the people. The essays in this collection examine the social experience of this terror, which is often manifested in the violation of human rights, democracy, justice and freedom..

This edited volume explores new directions in research on indigenous peoples and their rights. The book proposes a move towards a field of ‘critical indigenous rights studies’, characterised by taking a realist (as opposed to an idealised) approach towards indigenous peoples combined with an interdi..

Since the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders in 1998, there has been considerable effort to recognise and protect the right of individuals, groups and communities to promote and protect their own rights and the rights of others. Over time, a multi..

Appropriate for both students curious about Critical Race Theory (CRT) and established scholars, Critical Race Theory in Education is a valuable guide to how this theoretical lens can help better understand and seek solutions to educational inequity...

Since its inception in 1998 the Human Rights Act has come in for a wide variety of criticism. More recently, this criticism escalated as politicians have seriously considered proposals for its abolition. This book examines the main arguments against the HRA and the issues which have led to public ho..